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Scenario

Why medical training raises questions about patient consent

I'm a medical student and during my rotation I realized I've been practicing procedures on unconscious patients without their specific consent because that's just how it's always done here.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The machinery of medical education runs on assumptions about patient bodies that would be unthinkable in any other context.

Your guide for this
Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Medical ethics across traditions?”

Peri

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